verb 1. a simple past tense and past participle of 1 . [flahy] /flaɪ/verb (used without object), flew or for 11, 19, flied, flown, flying. 1. to move through the air using wings. 2. to be carried through the air by the wind or any other force or agency: bits of paper flying about. 3. to float or flutter in the air: flags flying in the breeze. 4. to travel in an aircraft or spacecraft. 5. to move suddenly and quickly; start unexpectedly: He flew from the room. 6. to change rapidly and unexpectedly from one state or position to another: The door flew open. 7. to flee; escape. 8. to travel in space: The probe will fly past the planet. 9. to move or pass swiftly: How time flies! 10. to move with an aggressive surge: A mother fox will fly at anyone approaching her kits. 11. Baseball.

12. Informal. to be acceptable, believable, or feasible: It seemed like a good idea, but it just wouldn’t fly.verb (used with object), flew or for 11, 19, flied, flown, flying. 13. to make (something) float or move through the air: to fly a kite. 14. to operate (an aircraft, spacecraft, or the like). 15. to hoist aloft, as for display, signaling, etc.: to fly a flag. 16. to operate an aircraft or spacecraft over: to fly the Pacific. 17. to transport or convey by air: We fly merchandise to Boston. 18. to escape from; flee: to fly someone’s wrath. 19. Theater.

noun, plural flies. 20. a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners. 21. a flap forming the door of a tent. 22. Also called tent fly. a piece of canvas extending over the ridgepole of a tent and forming an outer roof. 23. an act of flying; a flight. 24. the course of a flying object, as a ball. 25. Baseball. . 26. British. a light, covered, public carriage drawn by one horse; hansom; hackney coach. 27. Machinery. a horizontal arm, weighted at each end, that pivots about the screw of a press so that when the screw is lowered the momentum of the fly will increase the force of the press. 28. Also called fan. Horology. a regulating device for chime and striking mechanisms, consisting of an arrangement of vanes on a revolving axis. 29. Printing.

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31. flies, Also called fly loft. Theater. the space above the stage used chiefly for storing scenery and equipment. 32. Nautical. a propellerlike device streamed to rotate and transfer information on speed to a mechanical log. Verb phrases 33. fly out, Baseball, Softball. to be put out by hitting a fly ball that is caught by a player of the opposing team. Idioms 34. fly blind,

35. fly in the face of, to act in defiance of (authority, custom, etc.). Also, fly in the teeth of. 36. fly off the handle. (def 16). 37. go fly a kite, Slang.

38. let fly,

39. on the fly,

/flaɪ/verb flies, flying, flew, flown 1. (intransitive) (of birds, aircraft, etc) to move through the air in a controlled manner using aerodynamic forces 2. to travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft 3. to operate (an aircraft or spacecraft) 4. to float, flutter, or be displayed in the air or cause to float, etc, in this way: to fly a kite, they flew the flag 5. to transport or be transported by or through the air by aircraft, wind, etc 6. (intransitive) to move or be moved very quickly, forcibly, or suddenly: she came flying towards me, the door flew open 7. (intransitive) to pass swiftly: time flies 8. to escape from (an enemy, place, etc); flee: he flew the country 9. (intransitive; may be foll by at or upon) to attack a person 10. (intransitive) to have a sudden outburst: he flew into a rage again 11. (intransitive) (of money, etc) to vanish rapidly 12. (transitive) (falconry) (of hawks) to fly at (quarry) in attack: peregrines fly rooks 13. (transitive) (theatre) to suspend (scenery) above the stage so that it may be lowered into view 14. fly a kite

29. (pl) (theatre) the space above the stage out of view of the audience, used for storing scenery, etc 30. (rare) the act of flying /flaɪ/noun (pl) flies 1. any dipterous insect, esp the housefly, characterized by active flight See also horsefly, blowfly, tsetse fly, crane fly 2. any of various similar but unrelated insects, such as the caddis fly, firefly, dragonfly, and chalcid fly 3. (angling) a lure made from a fish-hook dressed with feathers, tinsel, etc, to resemble any of various flies or nymphs: used in fly-fishing See also dry fly, wet fly 4. (in southern Africa) an area that is infested with the tsetse fly 5. (Austral, slang) drink with the flies, to drink alone 6. fly in amber, See amber (sense 2) 7. (informal) fly in the ointment, a slight flaw that detracts from value, completeness, or enjoyment 8. fly on the wall, a person who watches others, while not being noticed himself or herself 9. (informal) there are no flies on him, he is no fool /flaɪ/adjective (slang) flyer, flyest 1. (mainly Brit) knowing and sharp; smart 2. (mainly Scot) furtive or sneakynoun 3. (mainly Scot) on the fly, in secret; sneakily n.

Old English fleoge “fly, winged insect,” from Proto-Germanic *fleugjon (cf. Old Saxon fleiga, Old Norse fluga, Middle Dutch vlieghe, Dutch vlieg, Old High German flioga, German Fliege “fly); literally “the flying (insect)” (cf. Old English fleogende “flying”), from same source as fly (v.1).

Originally any winged insect (hence butterfly, etc.); long used by farmers and gardeners for any insect parasite. The Old English plural in -n (cf. oxen) gradually normalized 13c.-15c. to -s. Fly on the wall “unseen observer” first recorded 1881. An Old English word for “curtain” was fleonet “fly-net.” Fly-swatter first attested 1917. Fly-fishing is from 1650s. v.

Notion of “flapping as a wing does” led to noun sense of “tent flap” (1810), which yielded (1844) “covering for buttons that close up a garment.” The noun sense of “a flight, flying” is from mid-15c. Baseball fly ball attested by 1866. Slang phrase fly off the handle “lose one’s cool” dates from 1825. To do something on the fly is 1856, apparently from baseball.

“run away,” Old English fleon (see flee). Fleogan and fleon were often confused in Old English, too. Modern English distinguishes in preterite: flew/fled.adj.

slang, “clever, alert, wide awake,” late 18c., perhaps from fly (n.) on the notion of the insect being hard to catch. Other theories, however, trace it to fledge or flash. Slang use in 1990s might be a revival or a reinvention.

fly (flī) n. Any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera. fly (flī) Any of numerous insects of the order Diptera, having one pair of wings and large compound eyes. Flies include the houseflies, horseflies, and mosquitoes. See more at dipteran.

[the first adjective sense, ”clever, alert, etc,” is of unknown origin, though it is conjectured that it may refer to the difficulty of catching a fly in midair, that it may be cognate with fledge and hence mean ”accomplished, proven, seasoned,” and that it is a corruption of fla, a shortening of flash; the third verb sense, ”succeed, persuade, etc,” is fr a cluster of jokes and phrases having to do with the Wright Brothers’ and others’ efforts to get something off the ground and make it fly; the two adjective senses involve either a survival or a revival of an early 19thcentury British underworld term of unknown origin]

Heb. zebub, (Eccl. 10:1; Isa. 7:18). This fly was so grievous a pest that the Phoenicians invoked against it the aid of their god Baal-zebub (q.v.). The prophet Isaiah (7:18) alludes to some poisonous fly which was believed to be found on the confines of Egypt, and which would be called by the Lord. Poisonous flies exist in many parts of Africa, for instance, the different kinds of tsetse. Heb. ‘arob, the name given to the insects sent as a plague on the land of Egypt (Ex. 8:21-31; Ps. 78:45; 105:31). The LXX. render this by a word which means the “dog-fly,” the cynomuia. The Jewish commentators regarded the Hebrew word here as connected with the word _’arab_, which means “mingled;” and they accordingly supposed the plague to consist of a mixed multitude of animals, beasts, reptiles, and insects. But there is no doubt that “the _’arab_” denotes a single definite species. Some interpreters regard it as the Blatta orientalis, the cockroach, a species of beetle. These insects “inflict very painful bites with their jaws; gnaw and destroy clothes, household furniture, leather, and articles of every kind, and either consume or render unavailable all eatables.”

[flahy] /flaɪ/ verb (used without object), flew or for 11, 19, flied, flown, flying. 1. to move through the air using wings. 2. to be carried through the air by the wind or any other force or agency: bits of paper flying about. 3. to float or flutter in the air: flags flying in the […]

[flahyt] /flaɪt/ noun 1. the act, manner, or power of flying. 2. the distance covered or the course taken by a flying object: a 500-mile flight; the flight of the ball. 3. a trip by an airplane, glider, etc. 4. a scheduled trip on an airline: a 5 o’clock flight. 5. a number of beings […]

noun, Archery. 1. an arrow having a conical or pyramidal head without barbs. 2. any long and light arrow for long-distance shooting; a shaft or arrow for the longbow, as distinguished from the bolt. noun 1. a long thin arrow used for shooting long distances Often shortened to flight

noun 1. an airline employee who serves meals, attends to passengers’ comfort, etc., during a flight. noun 1. a person who attends to the needs of passengers on a commercial flight

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